Sharp County record., 1887-09-22

STOCKHOLDERS of the Northern racing
railroad met at New York on the lo1n anu
elected directors. ,
Mas. John A. LOGAN writes the Logan
G. Ar. Post of st. Louis. that she can
not attend the National encampment' =.
CAPTAIN JAMES BARRON HOPE, editor OF
the Norfolk Landmark, and one Oh lhe
most distinguished poets and lourhailS's
in the South, died suddenly OF heart dis
ease at his home in Norfolk Na'' oh 'no
18th.
THE President reviewed the Fourteenth
Pennsylvania regiment on the iotn; MI
Cleveland stood in the door OF the Nhlte
House while the tro 5ps passed through
the driveway under the portico'
GOVERNOR BEA- Err of pennsylvania
hoId recention at the Academy OF Fine
A,.ts pbiIodalnbia on the evening OF the
"a, 80 I "Lao,l hands with $4,000 persons.
l'Vh' anu enoo s.itor was President Cleve.
AhlohS his w &lEnryith the G-s-sa-r
land, whose "
was very corr $
MoNTAGUy'
with being \
has been arr Z
having swinuled James Kiess, a. -
surgeon of the English army, and an En-
glish clergyman of fS,OOO.
AT the session of the National Editorial
Association at Denver, COL, on the loth'
San Antonio, Tex, was agreed upon as the
place of meeting for next year, the time
being left to the executive committee.
THE typographical unions OF Quebec
have by letter notified the propretors Oh
the printing offices, newspaper and !oD'
that on and after November the nlne-
hour system will be put in force.
CAPTAIN JOSEPH HENDLEY, aged eighty'
whose estate is valued at S2,OVO,OOO, was
buried at Middletown, Conn, on the loth'
He was for twenty eight years at the
head of the commercial house OF Hendley
g. Co., of Galveston, Tex.
THE executive committee of the National
Reform Association met at Pittsburgh "a,
on the 18th. There were present: DIR. l..
P. Stevenson, of Philadelphia; Prof. Nc
Allister, of Geneva College; Rev. j. ID.
Mills, of Cleveland; Rev. 7. NJ. McCreery,
of Pittsburgh, and Rev. ]. R. Milligan, OF
Allegheny.
ABOUT three hundred distinguished law
yers of Philadelphia entertained the JUS
tices of the United States Supreme Court
at breakfast in the Academy OF Music on
the 10Th. There were five tables, and the
room was beautifully decorated with flow
ers and plants. Chief-Justice waite
responded to the toast of "The Supreme
Court"
THE new postal laws and regulations
have gone into effect. Among the many
important changes the Postmaster Gem
eral has made in his revision that the pub
lie is interested in is that postal cards,
heretofore not returnable, now are.
ACTING COMMISSIONER SToCKsLAGER has
issued the necessary instructions to the
local land officials to carry into effect
Secretary Lamar's recent order restoring
TO settlement the indemnity lands of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company. 1t
is estimated that nearly 9,001, 900 acres are
Involved. q,
AT a meeting of about one hundred
delegates to a conference of the Anti
George Socialistic party in New York, on
the nlRDU VI Luo loVhJ iOoOiu''NAS Va =
adopted in sympathy with the convicted
Anarchists of Chicago. The denunclations
of Judges, jury, attorneys and police were
of the usual strain, save that in bitterness
thew were more than usually fervid.
RR+5taTE 4 SEcRssE AaY.L LAMoNT telegran
Congressman McShane at Omaha, Neb., on
the 18th, that President Cleveland will Visit
Omaha October u. Arrangements Will at
once be made to give the President cor
dial reception. Several of his wife's rela-
tiyes reside thore. Mrs. CleYeland Is one
of the heirs of the FOLSOM oa.ate which
has property in Omaha valued at S6OO,oOO
THE steamship Hecla, expected to arrive
in New York on the 18th, has among her
passengers battalion Of soldiers, com
prising company of 200 each, from Nor
way and Sweden, with forty regular army
officers. They come by special permission
of the rulers of their respective countries
to take part in the military encampment
at Chicago.